Perspectives on classifier constructions in sign languages / edited by Karen Emmorey.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Emmorey, Karen.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Classifier Constructions (2000 : La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sign language--Congresses.

Sign language.

Sign language--Classifiers--Congresses.

Categorization (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Categorization (Linguistics).

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 339 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003.

Summary:

- how sign language classifiers differ from spoken languages; - cross-linguistic variation in sign language classifier systems; - the role of gesture; - the nature of morpho-syntactic and phonological constraints on classifier constructions; - the grammaticization process for these forms; and- the acquisition of classifier forms.

Contents:

Part I The Syntax and Morphology of Classifiers in Sign Language 1

1 Rethinking 'Classifiers' in Signed Languages / Adam Schembri 3

2 Noun and Verbal Classifiers in Swedish Sign Language / Brita Bergman, Lars Wallin 35

3 Classifier Constructions and Morphology in Two Sign Languages / Mark Aronoff, Irit Meir, Carol Padden, Wendy Sandler 53

4 Classifiers in Spoken and in Signed Languages: How to Know More / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 87

5 Classifier Systems in the Context of a Typology of Nominal Classification / Colette Grinevald 91

Part II Cross-Linguistic Variations in Classifier Constructions and Spatial Language 111

6 'Classificatory' Constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language: Grammaticalization and Lexicalization Processes / Ulrike Zeshan 113

7 Verbs of Motion and Location in Hong Kong Sign Language: Conflation and Lexicalization / Gladys Tang 143

8 The Representation of Spatial Structure in Spoken and Signed Language / Leonard Talmy 169

Part III Classifier Constructions and Gesture 197

9 Sources of Meaning in ASL Classifier Predicates / Scott K. Liddell 199

10 Categorical Versus Gradient Properties of Classifier Constructions in ASL / Karen Emmorey, Melissa Herzig 221

11 Revisiting Visual Analogy in ASL Classifier Predicates / Ted Supalla 249

12 Gesture in Language: Issues for Sign Language Research / Susan Duncan 259

Part IV The Acquisition of Classifier Constructions 269

13 A Cognitive/Functional Perspective on the Acquisition of "Classifiers" / Dan I. Slobin, Nini Hoiting, Marlon Kuntze, Reyna Lindert, Amy Weinberg, Jennie Pyers, Michelle Anthony, Yael Biederman, Helen Thumann 271

14 The Development of Reference Switching Encoded Through Body Classifiers in British Sign Language / Gary Morgan, Bencie Woll 297

15 How Composite Is a Fall? Adults' and Childrens' Descriptions of Different Types of Falls in Danish Sign Language / Elizabeth Engberg-Pedersen 311.

Notes:

"This volume is the culmination of work discussed and presented at the Workshop on Classifier Constructions held in La Jolla, California, in April 2000"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0805842691

OCLC:

49551078